Category: Concert Reviews

On May 23, John Williams led the Boston Pops in the World Premiere of “The Adventures of Han” from Solo: A Star Wars Story during his “Film Night” performance in Boston. This was also the first time that the Boston…

On May 10, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester conducted by Krzysztof Urbański performed a program including Holst’s The Planets and a suite from Star Wars (Main Title,Luke and Leia, The Asteroid Field, The Imperial March, Cantina Band, The Forest Battle, The Throne Room and Finale), The…

“JOHN WILLIAMS RETURNS” April 26-29, 2018, Chicago, IL The Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS and Richard Kaufman (The April 26 concert was recorded for a possible future CSO broadcast) CONCERT PROGRAM Richard Kaufman conducting Overture to The Cowboys…

“JOHN WILLIAMS CONDUCTS THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA” April 8, 2018, Cleveland, OH The Cleveland Orchestra conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS CONCERT PROGRAM Sound the Bells! Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind Selections from the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone…

John Williams was among the performers of the 2018 ‘Oscar Concert’, which took place February 28 as part of the Oscar week celebrations for its 90th anniversary at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. The concert featured never-before-heard arrangements of this…

“JOHN WILLIAMS CONDUCTS THE ISO” February 11 & 12, 2018, Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS CONCERT PROGRAM Flight to Neverland from Hook Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra from…

“JOHN WILLIAMS IN CONCERT” January 31, 2018, San Diego, CA San Diego Symphony Orchestra conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS and Sameer Patel CONCERT PROGRAM Sameer Patel conducting A Hymn to New England Suite from Far and Away Out to Sea/The Shark…

STAR WARS Film Concert Series 2017 Star Wars: A New Hope – Film Live with Orchestra October 6 & 7, 2017, New York City, NY Music by John Williams Presented by New York Philharmonic Conducted by David Newman EXTERNAL REVIEWS…

STAR WARS Film Concert Series 2017 Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – Film Live with Orchestra October 4 & 5, 2017, New York City, NY Music by John Williams Presented by New York Philharmonic Conducted by David Newman REVIEWS…

STAR WARS Film Concert Series 2017 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back – Film Live with Orchestra September 26, 27 & 28, 2017, New York City, NY Music by John Williams Presented by New York Philharmonic Conducted by David Newman…

“JOHN WILLIAMS CONDUCTS JOHN WILLIAMS” September 27, 2017, Seattle, WA The Seattle Symphony Orchestra conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS STEVEN SPIELBERG, Special Guest CONCERT PROGRAM Hooray for Hollywood (Whiting, arr. Williams) Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind Flight to…

STAR WARS Film Concert Series 2017 Star Wars: A New Hope – Film Live with Orchestra September 15 & 16, 2017, New York City, NY Music by John Williams Presented by New York Philharmonic Conducted by David Newman REVIEWS EXTERNAL…

“AN EVENING WITH JOHN WILLIAMS” September 9, 2017, Nashville, TN The Nashville Symphony Orchestra conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS and Giancarlo Guerrero Julia Harguindey, bassoon CONCERT PROGRAM Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind The Five Sacred Trees Flying Theme…

“JOHN WILLIAMS: MAESTRO OF THE MOVIES” September 1 & 2, 2017, Hollywood Bowl, CA The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS and David Newman CONCERT PROGRAM David Newman conducting March from The Adventures of Robin Hood (Korngold) Night…

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Solo: A Star Wars Story
Han Solo Theme and Original Star Wars Music by John Williams
Score composed and adapted by John Powell